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Call of Cthulhu: Development of Lovecraft’s mythos

Nathan Madison, from left, John Haefele, Don Herron, Rick Lai, and moderator Tom Krabacher talk Cthulhu and H.P. Lovecraft.
Nathan Madison, from left, John Haefele, Don Herron, Rick Lai, and moderator Tom Krabacher talk Cthulhu and H.P. Lovecraft.

California State University Sacramento professor Tom Krabacher moderates a panel discussion on “The Call of Cthulhu: The Development of Lovecraft’s Mythos.” It was recorded at PulpFest 2015 on Friday, Aug. 14.

Participating are Nathan Madison, a researcher at the American Civil War Center in Virginia, and author of the Eisner-nominated book, Anti-Foreign Imagery in American Pulps And Comics; John Haefele, author of A Look Behind The Derleth Mythos; Don Herron, editor of the scholarly landmark The Dark Barbarian, and winner of the 2006 Black Circle Award for lifetime achievement in Robert E. Howard studies; and popular culture scholar Rick Lai, who regularly appears as a panelist on podcasts produced by The Lovecraft eZine.

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